he claimed he was involved in a plot to assassinate pope john paul ii and president bill clinton. in 1999 k.s.m. persuaded osama bin laden to support the horrible acts that occurred on our soil on september 11. that's just one example of the individuals who shall being -- are being held at guantanamo. a couple of other amendments. mullah muhammad faze. another individual held. fazi is expected in the death of officer johnny mike spahn in 2001, the first casualty of the afghanistan war. he was deemed by u.s. officials as a high threat to the united states. it was assessed that he would likely rejoin the taliban and participate in operations against u.s. and coalition forces if released. he was at one time the most senior taliban leader in northern afghanistan. in fact, he was so senior he was threatened -- he once threatened taliban leader mullah omar. he has been implicated in the murder of thousands of shiets in northern afghanistan under taliban control and is wanted by the united nations for possible war crimes. next we have mohammed nawi, another one of the individuals held at